It works if you ____ _____.
work it.
AA,NA, CA, MA, CODA ( Codependency Anonymous) Smart Recovery, Dharma, Refuge Recovery.
What are three healthy distraction techniques you can use?
5,4,3,2,1- listening to music, gardening, going for a walk, exercise, talking to a friend. ect.
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry, angry, lonely, tired.
Is your tolerance the same, lowered, or higher when you stop using for a period of time?
Lower, which causes an increase in possibility for overdose.
Someone to help guide you through the steps.
Sponsor.
Mindfulness
What are the three categories of triggers that can occur?
External, internal, and sensory triggers.
Substance use to combat opiate overdose?
Narcan/ Naloxone.
Our _______ keep us sick.
secrets.
_____ meetings in _____ days are recommended to provide continued structure and support in early recovery.
90 meetings in 90 days.
By _________ during recovery, it helps a person reintroduce healthy endorphins back into their body.
exercising
Name three different defense mechanisms.
absolute denial, avoidance, humor, Flight into Health, democratic disease state, strategic hopelessness, manipulation, rationalization, minimization, comparison, blaming, compliance.
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure
Dopamine
SLIP means
Sobriety Lost Its Priority.
Which step is: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step 4
SMART goals stands for:
Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time bound.
Delay, Distract, Deep breathe, De-catastrophize.
Two signs of complacency in recovery
Easily irritated, missing meetings, thinking you are cured.
Finish the Slogan: Resentment is like _____________________________.
drinking poison and expecting someone else to die.
Which step is: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 8
A technique to use when you experience a craving or trigger, that requires you to visualize all the consequences of using.
Play the tape through.
What are the 5 stages of change?
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance & relapse is optional.
_________ uses FDA-approved medications to reduce withdrawal and cravings or to block the effects of substances.
Medication Assisted treatment ( MAT) or anti craving medications.